Current Affairs 17-07-2018

1. Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to synergise National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS)?

[A] Parag Motwani committee
[B] Jagrati Ray committee
[C] Milind Zaidi committee
[D] Anil Swarup committee

2. The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has recently organized the Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes. Where is the headquarters of AIIA?

[A] Jabalpur
[B] Raipur
C] New Delhi [
[D] Patna

3. India’s first greenfield skill training centre is proposed to come up in which state?

[A] Odisha
[B] Assam
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Manipur

4. Under which Article of the Constitution, the President has recently nominated Classical dancer Sonal Mansingh to the Rajya Sabha?

[A] Article 84
[B] Article 83
[C] Article 80
[D] Article 81

5. The scientists from which IIT institute has created mini-organs that mimic hair growth?

[A] IIT Delhi
[B] IIT Kolkata
[C] IIT Bombay
[D] IIT Indore

6. Who has been selected for the 2018 Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy?

[A] S R G Rajanna
[B] Aruna Sairam
[C] K Oman Kutty
[D] Premeela Gurumurthy

7. As per the ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/ GM Crops in 2017’ report, what is India’s rank among countries with world’s largest area under Genetically Modified Crops?

[A] Third
[B] Fifth
[C] Sixth
[D] tenth

8. Who received the Golden Ball award for best player at the 2018 FIFA World Cup?

[A] Luka Modric
[B] Kylian Mbappe
[C] Harry Kane
[D] Thibaut Courtois

9. The UNEP has partnered with which technological giant for monitoring impact of human activity on global ecosystem?

[A] Microsoft
[B] Google
[C] Facebook
[D] Infosys

10. The Madhya Pradesh government has recently inaugurated the 250MW NTPC Solar Power Plant in which district?

[A] Panna
[B] Mandsaur
[C] Indore
[D] Jabalpur